Events And Trends In Race Relations: A Monthly Summary. Volume 4, Number 9 (April 1947) -

Nashville: Social Science Institute, Fisk University, 1946. [32p.], staplebound wraps; some nibbling at bottom edge, address printed on rear cover, some scuffing and edgewear. Includes sections on fair employment, treatment by police, etc. Some coverage of American Jews and Japanese Americans as well as African Americans.

Nashville, TN: Published for the President of the Julius Rosenwald Fund by the Social Science Institute at Fisk University [later:] American Council on Race Relations, September 1943 through January 1947.. Twenty-three numbers in twenty-two issues (one a double number), plus eleven duplicates. Small quarto (25.5 x 19.5 cm). Printed self- wrappers. Most addressed and postally used, three numbers pulled at staples and with tears to spines, one number with pencil doodling on upper wrapper, some creases and dust soiling to a few numbers, some staple rust, but generally good to very good, and somewhat better. A substantial run of this monthly: Volume I: 2-4, 6-12; Volume II: 1/2-12; Volume III:6 and Volume IV:6. Of the primary numbers in the run, nine are addressed and posted to African American novelist and essayist, Richard Wright, several showing changes of address in ink and pencil. Of the eleven duplicates, eight issues are addressed to Wright (long tear to one rear wrapper). According to OCLC,… Read More

Nashville: Fisk University, 1948. Softcover. Near Fine. Collection 27 issues bound in 20. Quartos. As follows: Volume 2, Numbers 7,12; Volume 3, Numbers 1-2,6,12; Volume 4, Numbers 1-8 (number 8 lacks wrappers), 9-12; Volume 5, Numbers 1-2,6-12. Some wear and small chips, most issues have "free" written in pencil. Overall very good. A partial run of this important African-American journal published at Fisk from 1943 to 1948 under the direction of Fisk President Charles S. Johnson, an important figure behind the vibrant African-American art movement of the 1920s and one of the godfathers of the Harlem Renaissance, which he helped to nurture through his editorship of *Opportunity* magazine. The *Summary* aggregated magazine and newspaper articles important to the subject of race relations, segregation, housing, welfare, civil rights, police administration, and much more.